The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-09-11
RISING AGAINST POWDERLY.
xHe MoyEMHsr TO UrsBAr HIM AND
tfxy HOlHD ASSOCIATIVE

on the General Executive Board OF the knights
OF Labor and The placing OF tho order on
new basis Ut the coming Convention OF tho
General Assembly At Minneapolis next month
will DO the work OF trades unionists and the
advocates Of tho trades union idea within tho
order iteelf.
The trades unionists, ever since tho Cleve-
land Convention In 1886, have waaed an unre-
hitting warfare on tho present conduct OF the
Kniahts' organization, and ut Minneapolis the
long-eoueht opportunity will bo given them to
accomplish their ends. Their work can be
plainly dlBcerned In the movement Of tho past
year within the order toward the formation Of
trades districts and National Trade Assem-
bliss, which closely resemble the trades unions
In their structure, but their work has not borne
its completed fruits, and will not Until the Min
neapolis Convention. Tho Knights hitherto"
said President Samuel Gompers OF the Ameri-
can Federation Of Labor. the other day. have
always opposed the trades unions. and they
are now. "a acoepttng tho trades union idea.'
npoS thsss srsdes Sistrots IS trsdss unions IN
sssSS.sG hlSh IVA; N, dssSSs|Ss into ful-hsdsed
Such great crsits a. tho shoemakers. who
pioysss II the ofSss s Who number sSO, 600. can
interests whom they know them. and Il IL now
definitely known that they propose to make q
bold stroke AND " she or. 9e, on new
eempossd q the various crafts. The advocates
q n ,se
plan ID being fully discussed and perfected In
ss tss II ths h9
they may succeed In securing It's adoption at
Minneapolis.
s s Saa g. as f:n sna Hs ass
OF the order viii be carried on after an entirely
different SYSTEM For instance, while the Of
tinued, Its Rreroeatives will be lessened, and
its duties wifi be materially altered. Such an
tnsttnslon a. Hsnsrei ExeSpt th Hoard W.
dIsidaal trade Instead win 30 allowed to at
sna s e so. dnes n hs
vision over Tie iptsrssts q Tho order At large,
held Of labor; to suggest and recommend Ger
tain lines Of policy and action. not TO dictate
Or commsnd1to BE-. In fact , an executive Of
q standing d General Executive board is q CON- con.
Tie e essS' make ss
potlally interfering with the concerns Of some
,FoloxIns me orsanisstIon q al the assem- a
ssssms ssr sesns
Of assemblies on tho Philajeiphia and Reading.
the Baltimore and Ohio. the Delaware and
Pacific. and other large railway systerns will be
made shortly is ~ Eth
awanns. and New YORK Central are. said 70 Be-
p9y ss possible. wsss aqssGa
sqsd systsms have thus been orSrpissa int e
for convention OF Representatives. from each
to choose General Executive Board Of their
whose Sna % vssed
It is believed that the General Executive Board
movs%snt, no matses how much ' they Would
Ike to. The leaders. however s4ow spirit i. 81
Hs ssas ssss sasS :. y y, our fingers. said
tive board after our organization has reached
q certain point. We propose having practical
Eailroadeis in charge Of our sflairs.nie en- who
shs 20 sst or M The
day Is past for truck drivers. telegraph oper-
ths t d.nsr n Bosfd is G now sempossd to msdds
In our railroad concerns. We must be allowed
70 attend to them ourselves, without inter
dsscs tho Zines and this aS 4 me Of the
railroad man Is similar to what would be ut
sia b Ct sxsps Ct SesE hi. s ar of affairs
and, as stated heretofore, since the'recent cleo
ttons Of anti,administration delegates to the
Minneapolis Convention BY the many powerful
crafts and trades districts, he has assumed q
conciliatory attitude toward the trades unions
and such bodies as desire to become trades
districts. He has already proposed q compro-
mise plan by which he expects to heal the dis
sensions between the administration ana the
issue Of the yovr,.al Of Tnitsd Labor. It pro;
yides that each National Trade Assembly shall
have exclusive control over the affairs OF Its
trade without lot or hindrance 30 long as the
constitution OF the General Assembly is not
violated. In matters concerning strikes no
local trade assembly shall enter upon one until
oil tho assemblies In the National Trade As
sembly shall have voted on tho question and
BY thres,fourths vote agreed to render as:
order Is required the General Executive Board
Is not to interfere with the matter.
In rscommendipg this plan, Mr.. Powderly
iutely necessary. Trade troubles exist. they
will continue to exist. and In spite OF the
tradesman himself they will force themselves
on him. He must meet them. and he must
meet them In an organization. BY this It will
Be ssep that the pew plan viii deprive the
Mr.. Powdorly claims in this document also
that he has never boon the enemy CT trades
unions. The trades unionists, however, refer
the Importance 81 Mr.. Powderlys latest con-
cession, the chances are that the champions Of
the trades union idea will not accept his COM
promise. but will insist, as they intended to do
before. on . complete transformation In the
government Of the order.